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The Changing Role of the World Bank in Global Health

Prah Ruger, Jennifer - 2007

The World Bank began operations on June 25, 1946. Although it was established to finance European reconstruction after World War II, the bank today is a considerable force in the health, nutrition, and population (HNP) sector in developing countries. Indeed, it has evolved from having virtually...

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Hospital Competition in the National Health Service : Evidence from a Patient Choice Reform

Brekke, Kurt R. - 2018

patient choice reform in Norway in 2001. The reform facilitates a difference-in-difference research design due to geographical …

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Organisational Innovations and Health Care Decentralisation : A Perspective from Spain

Lopez Casasnovas, Guillem - 2015

realities' of the decentralization process is needed. Here, I offer an assessment 'pros' and 'cons' of the decentralization …

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Fiscal Decentralization Improves Social Outcomes When Countries Have Good Governance

Nakatani, Ryota; Zhang, Qianqian; Garcia Valdes, Isaura - 2022

Does fiscal decentralization improve health and educational outcomes? Does this improvement depend on the quality of … governance? How do fiscal decentralization and governance interact? We answer these questions through an instrumental variable … Tobit analysis of cross-country panel data. We find negative effects of fiscal decentralization on health outcomes, which …

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Federalismo, integralidade e autonomia no SUS : desvinculação da aplicação de recursos federais e os desafios da coordenação

Jaccoud, Luciana; Vieira, Fabiola Sulpino - 2018

the last three decades, as well as the literature on decentralization in health and federalism and social policies, the … contributions, the study stresses that the results of decentralization may be negative for efficiency in management and for equity …

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Fiscal Federalism, Patient Mobility and the Soft Budget Constraint

Levaggi, Rosella - 2007

In some countries the reform of public health care provision has been accompanied by a parallel process of devolution that has also entailed the organisation of health care becoming a regional competence. However, the application of fiscal federalism in the context of the provision of health...

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Enhancing administrative and fiscal decentralisation in the Czech Republic

Sila, Urban; De la Maisonneuve, Christine - 2020

There is considerable regional variation in incomes and poverty in the Czech Republic and gaps have grown over time. With the highest number of municipalities per head in the OECD, subnational government is very fragmented and the resulting lack of capacity at the local level reduces the quality...

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Territorial capacity and territorial outcomes : local governance and municipal NEET rates in Sweden

Korpi, Tomas; Minas, Renate; Andersson, Lisa - 2024

Youth not in employment, education or training (NEET) is a heterogeneous group in which many run the risk of long-term exclusion from the labor market and from society. Numerous national and international policy initiatives targeting NEETs have therefore been launched, often involving the...

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Coordenação entre instâncias de governo e o papel do Ministério da Saúde no Sistema Único de Saúde

Piola, Sérgio F. - 2022

Brazil is a federation composed by the Federal Government, twenty-six states and the Federal District and 5,570 municipalities. The organization of the national health system is a shared responsibility of this three spheres of government and must comply to the constitutional principles of...

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Information Revelation of Decentralized Crisis Management : Evidence from Natural Experiments on Mask Mandates

Seegert, Nathan; Gaulin, Maclean; Yang, Mu-Jeung; … - 2020

We highlight the importance of signaling effects in determining whether public policy should be implemented at a decentralized or centralized level. For example, although a public policy may have the same direct effect if enacted at a state or county level, people may perceive these policies...

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